Dengue: One death in 24 hours

Health officials have said they recorded 406 fresh cases of dengue onslaughts killing at least one person in the past 24 hours with most patients reporting in health facilities in southwestern Barishal region.

A Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) statement said on Wednesday.

During the period, (of the 406) 98 patients were hospitalised in Barishal division" which appeared to have been the worst victim of the mosquito carried diseases, it said.

It said among the rests, 78 were hospitalised in Chattogram division, 64 in Dhaka division excluding the capital, 53 in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and 36 in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) areas, 35 in Khulna division, four in Mymensingh division, 31 in Rajshahi division, five in Rangpur division and two in Sylhet Division.

Since the start of the dengue onslaughts Bangladesh this year witnessed so far 52 deaths while the disease inflicted 13,594.

The DGHS, however, said 439 patients were discharged from different hospitals across the country after their recovery.

The dengue last year claimed 575 lives and inflicted 1,01,214 people in the country.